Monday 26 October 2009

Question for October 26

What does this map show?

5 comments:

Rahul said...

Interesting question!

I think it shows the distribution of different legal systems around the world-

1. Pink- Based on English law
2. Blue- Based on Continental European law
3. Brown- Hybrid of 1 and 2?
4. Yellow- Islamic law
5. Green- Beats me :)

Ankur said...

Something to do with Law and Legal Systems?

I think the pink are all using the British system

The blue is continental European law

Quebec is a French province. So it could have influences of both British and European law (brown). Not sure how Scotland, Argentina fit in here.

Yellow is Islam Law states

Green could be Buddhist Law

Gaurav said...

Maybe, countries by amount of English as a spoken language

Kiran Vyakaranam said...

I can see a language theme : French Louisiana and Quebec; English Belize and Guyana; Arabic countries etc
Or a colonial theme
But can't get the connection with Mongolia and Sri Lanka

The Answer said...

The map shows the legal systems used in different countries. Here is the link to the map. http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/76/LegalSystemsOfTheWorldMap.png

Well done Rahul & Patel!